ENIAC

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/ˈɛniæk//ˈiːnɪak/

Initialism of Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, one of the first electronic digital computers.

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  1. abbreviationhistoricalinitialismcomputingInitialism of Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, one of the first electronic digital computers.

    The first problem assigned to the first working electronic digital computer in the world was the hydrogen bomb. […] The ENIAC ran a first rough version of the thermonuclear calculations for six weeks in December 1945 and January 1946.

    1995, Richard Rhodes, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 251

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